Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bason

/bˈæsən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: ba-son
IPA: /bˈæsən/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of basin.

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"To proceed therefore, put a looking-glass into a bason of water; I suppose you shall not see the image in a right line, or at equal angles, but aside."
"“Sure, my dear Sir Thomas, a bason of soup would be a much better thing for you than tea. Do have a bason of soup.”"
"Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling. I rushed to his bason and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water."
"[...] on July 16, 1790, a public meeting [...] unanimously approved of a scheme for making the River Soar navigable from Leicester to Loughborough, and "a cut or rail-way from Swannington and the neighbourhood to the bason at Loughborough.""

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

basons (plural)

Phrases

Bason Bridge

Frequently Paired Words

Bason Bridge

Rhymes With

assassin fasten masson lassen casson nason hasson cason classen glasson sasson kasson

Questions

How do you pronounce bason?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈæsən/.
What does bason mean?: Alternative form of basin.

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